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Judges 7:18

“When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

תָּקַעtâqaʻ · taw-kah'
H8628 · Hebrew
Definition
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • תָקַעְתִּי֙ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vqq1cs
Usage
Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:25Genesis 31:25Exodus 10:19Numbers 10:3Numbers 10:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תָּקַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.